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B. K. FRD.

CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED. MAR. 20. I9I3.

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BEN KING- FORD, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, .ASSIGNOR TO DETROIT CAN' COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CONTAINER.

Application filed March 20, 1913.

To all lwhom it may cof/cem Be it known that I, BEN KING FORD, a citizen of the United States, residing in Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Containers, of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention relates to an improvement in containers and it consists in the novel devices and combination of parts and devices hereinafter set forth and made the subject matter of claim.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe improved container; Fig.2 a vertical cross section of the same taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 a plan view of the container with the sliding cover removed; Fig. 4 a plan View of the sliding cover removed from the container; Fig. 5 a plan View of the sealing cover removed from the container; Fig. 6 a cross section on the line 6-6 of F ig. 4; Fig. 7 a cross section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 8 a cross section on the line 8 8 of F ig'. 5. l

In containers made with walls of paper or fiber and sheet metal ends, it has been considered desirable practice to countersink the ends to form an internal shoulder and to crimp a flange against the yielding paper or liber to hold said paper or ber wall firmly between such crimped flangeand the internal shoulder, as this results in a durable and tight union between the sheet metal end and the yielding paper or fiber wall. An inconvenience of this otherwise desirable construction is, however, that the surface ofthe end is necessarily some distance below the upper edge of the completed structure and this, together with the bead formed by the crimping, has made it diflicult to employ it where it is desired to use a second or removable cover, as for instance in containers for baking powder or spices. rIhe present improvement overcomes these diiliculties in an exceedingly simple and edective manner, enabling a removable cover and even a perforated one to be easily and cheaply applied and also one that has none of the disadvantages of the ordinary slip cover which cannot be effectively employed in this style of container. 'Io accomplish this result I make one of the sheet metal ends with a large Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1916.

Serial No. 755,580.

opening preferablv suitable for the insel'- tion of a spoon and surrounded b v a horizontal shoulder or flange to support a temporary paper or fiber seal piece, and provide a second sheet metal cover, which may be perforated for spice sprinkling, and which I apply as a Slide on top of the whole such slide being held in place by inturned edges on two sides engaging the bead formed by the crimping of the sheet metal fixed end to the paper or fiber walls. Such sliding additional end may be easily opened wholly or partially or entirely removed and readily reapplied. This enables the illing of the container through a large opening and the use of a spoon in dispensing its contents when desired, and also the easy removal or placing of the seal piece, and makes it possible to have a perforated sprinkler if that is wanted; and the structure being such that the seal piece may be readily inserted or removed makes the container suitable for a shipping package.

In said drawing, A is the paper wall of the container.

B, B1 are the sheet metal countersunk heads, the upper head B being perforated by the wide opening B2.

C, C are the crimped beads or flanges, between which and the shoulder `formed by the countersinking of the ends B, B1, the walls A are firmly held.

D is a sealing piece of fiber placed over the opening` B2 to close the same during shipment or whenever it is desired to close the container. y

D1 is the supplemental sliding cover made with the inturned edges D2 at two of its sides. This cover may be perforated with the holes al, and may be provided with the stamped up thumb projection (Z1. rIhe sliding cover may be applied to the container either by sliding it on endwise or snapping it vertically in place, the latter being the most rapid method and the one which will be usually employed in assembling the parts in manufacture.

The invention is not necessarily limited to containers or cans having a body-portion of paper, but may be combined with bodyportions of any suitable material.

I claim A container having an end of fiat-sided form, said cnd consisting of sheet metal the 4edges of which are bent to form outstanding Hmiges which engage and hold the end edges said separate removable seal piece being of the body of the container, said end beconfined by said cover in the countersunk 10 ing countersunk Within the said flanges to portion of the end and sealing the perfoform a space for receiving a removable sea] ration in the end.

5 piece and being perforated beneath the seal BEN KING FGRD.

piece; a sliding cover of sheet metal hav- Witnesses: ing opposite straight edges which are bent J. B. GRIMSHAW,

to embrace the said anges of the end; and E. F CLOUGH. 

